Today the media are reporting that the U.S. poverty rate has dropped. Sounds good, right?
Then we look at the numbers and see that the percentage of Americans living in poverty has gone down from 12.6 percent in 2005 to 12.3 in 2006. A whopping .3 percent.
Meantime, the number of people without health insurance has increased.
Why do we have any poverty at all in the richest, fattest country in the world? How can we have children who go to sleep hungry, and children who can't afford health care?
I'm sure some Americans throw more food in the trash than others have to eat in a given day.
And there are pets in this country that eat better than some of our children.
Unfortunately, those with the power to do something about it are too busy stuffing their own pockets and don't seem to care about their neighbors in need.
It is said that a society is judged by how it treats its weakest members.
How then will we be judged?
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